The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-21
FROM THE CAPITAL.
The Indians Must be Consulted for
Right of Way-Other Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The President
had directed that the consent of the
Indians on the Crow reservation in
Montana for the right of way granted
by the last Congress to the Rocky Fork
and Cook City railroad company shall
be obtained from the Indians in council
assembly.
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
has approved the appraisement OF the
right of way of the st. Paul, Mime
apolis d Manitoba railway through that
portion of the Biackfoot Indian reserva-
ton in Montana under the jurisdiction
of Fort Belknap Agency. The lands In
question aggregate 1856 acres and are
valued at 81, 293.
The Secretary of the Interior to day
addressed a communication to the
President, setting forth that s. large
number of land grants TO railroad com-
panles have made indemnity sections to
the full extent of their rights under the
respective grants, and that a number of
others, while they have not selected the
full quantity, have selected all the
lands within the indemnity limits of
such grants, which are subject to selec-
tons; that under the rulings of this
department, no settler
CAN ACQUIRE ANY RIGHTS
under any OF the general land lars to
any part of the public domain, so long
as the same remains Withdrawn by
order of the President, or by
QnthnrItU hot
seems now to be no valid reason
why these orders of withdrawal
shouldn't be revoked. The commits
sioner continues: Illustrations in bona
tide settlement of the public domain
should be removed as soon as possible
after the reasons which create them
have ceased to exist. Believing that
these railroad companies have had
ample time to assert any rights they
may have
IN REGARD TO THE INDEMNITY
to which they may be entitled, and that
no unnecessary hardship can now result
to them by restoring these lands
to the public domain for the benefit
of settlers, it is my purpose, If it meets
your approval, to take all the necessary
steps looking TO the accomplishment of
this object. 1 suggest, in order to pre-
vent action being taken which may re-
suit in hardship in any case, that thirty
days notice be given by the pub
LEGATION in some leading newspaper
in the locality of these respect
i've roads notifying their managers
of the purpose of this department, in
order that may show cause, if they
can, by certain day, to be fixed in
such notice, why the proposition
therein submitted should not be carried
into effect.
The President endorsed his approval
upon the communication and the sec
rotary will Immediately take steps to
carry into effect the policy indi-
Gated. Among the railroads named
are: The Illinois Central, in the State
of Illinois; Cedar Rapids and Missouri
River and Dubuque & Mississippi, N
the State of Iowa; the Sioux City 81
st. Paul, in the State of iowa; Wiscon-
sin Farm Mortgage, in the State of Wis
consin; Northern Pacific, in Dakota /;
Northern Pacific, main line, in Wash
ington Territory; Coos Bay Wagon
Road, in the State of Oregon; Burling-
ton & Missouri River, Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific and Chicago, Milwsu-
kee 81 st. Paul, in the State of Iowa;
Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago,
st. Paul and Omaha, in the State of
Wisconsin,